Lee backs Perez to set up title shot

Andy Lee is backing Mike ‘The Rebel’ Perez to seal his bid for a WBC World Heavyweight Championship title shot in New York tonight.

The Limerick middleweight has even joined up with trainer Adam Booth to help prepare the Cuban Corkman for the big eliminator at Madison Square Garden.

Should Perez secure the expected victory over Philadelphia fighter Bryant Jennings, he will finally be in a position to fulfil the potential that followed him to Ireland since his defection from the troubled Caribbean nation eight years ago.